Lighting device for hydrocarbon-burners



No. 62|,933. Patented Mar. 28, I899.

- 0. P. MOON.

LIGHTING DEVICE FOR HYDROCARBON BURNEBS.

(Applicafion filed. Apr. 22, 1898.) (No Model.)

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PATENT FFICE.

ORVILLE P. MOON, OF LORAIN, OHIO.

LIGHTING DEVICE FOR HYDROCARBON-BURNERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 621,933, dated March 28,1899.

Application filed April 2 2, 1 8 9 8.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ORVILLE P. MOON, acuizen of the United States,residing at Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lighting Devices forHydrocarbon- Burners; and I do declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to lighting devices for hydrocarbon-burners; andthe invention consists in the construction and combination of parts,substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical central sectionalelevation of an oiltank designed more especially to be used with agasolene-stove and showing a longitudinal section of thelighting deviceor oil-conveyer in its position as appears when out of use. Fig. 2 is avertical central sectional elevation of a hydrocarbon-burn er,presumably a gasolene-burner, and an elevation of the oil-conveyer inposition to supply a quantity of the fluid to the burner.

The idea of this invention is to take from the oil-tank a sufficientquantity of oil to afford ented, so that the present invention is animprovement in the art of lighting this class of burners. In thisinstance the purpose is to take from the oil-tank only a fixed andlimited quantity of oil and transfer it by hand to the burner. To thisend I provide what is termed by some a lighting device, but moreproperly an oil conveyer or carrier, and comprising a barrel 2 and astem 3, which is projected through the barrel and has a valve 4 at itslower end adapted to close the barrel oil-tight Serial N0. 678,477. (Nomodel.)

from without at the bottom. This stem 3 extends through the barrel abovesome distance, as shown, and is provided with a spiral spring 5,arranged and adapted to produce an upward pull on the stem and hold thevalve 4:ll1 closed position. The barrel 2 is cored out sufficiently tohold the desired quantity of oil, which of course is a relatively smallquantity, and in order that the oil-supply may flow freely when thevalve is opened the valvestem is more orless flattened on Oppositesides, or may be fluted or the like at 6, thus facilitating the outflowof oil as soon as the valve is opened, relatively as shown in Fig. 2.

' In Fig. 2 it will be seen that the burner A has a central Web orsupport 7 for the oil-conveyer, with an aperture through which the valveis projected and beneath the aperture a bridge or cross-piece 8, whichserves as a stop or rest for the valve when opened, the barrel 2 in themeantime resting upon the support 7 and the bridge preventing the valvebeing depressed beyond t-he requisite point. WVhen in this position, thebarrel readily discharges the oil, which flows down over the centralsupply-pipe of the burner and quickly volatilizes as it is exposed tothe atmosphere; but any surplus will drop into the cup 9 below. This cupand the space above it preferably are protected round about by aperforated sleeve 10,

overlapping the perforated tube 11 above and adapted to slide up on saidtube so as to get at the cup 9 and clean it, if required. Then in orderto light the vapor a match applied in proximity to the perforations ofthe tubes 10 or 11 will ignite the vapor within and the burner will bepromptly heated to a starting condition. Of course the moment that theoil is discharged from the barrel 2 the lighting device or conveyer B isrestored to position, as in Fig. 1, where it remains until used again.

It will be further noted that upon the stem .3 there is a sliding plugor cork 12, adapted to close the upper end of the long tube 0. This tubeprojects in this instance at an angle through the oil-tank D, so thatits upper end either passes immediately outside of the filling-funnel 13of said tank, as shown, but it may pass through said funnel and thus behidden except at its extremity. At its opposite end the tube 0 projectsthrough the tank relatively as shown and has a cavity 14, into which thevalve 4 may be projected when the barrel 2 is to be filled with oil, andthe said barrel fits easily into the said tube, so that there will be aprompt fiow of oil to the inside thereof when the valve is opened forthat purpose, and the air in the barrel Will readily escape at the topthereof. An oil'inlet is shown at the bottom of the tank to said tube,so that if there be any oil in the tank the barrel will be filled, and aslot 16 in the tube higher up not only affords ventilation but an escapefor the oil that may be in the tube behind the barrel when the barrel iswithdrawn for lighting.

The position and relation of the tube C in respect to the tank and itsfunnel 13 are purposely as shown, so that when the tank is laid down forfilling the mouth of the tube will always be above the filling-level andthus prevent escape of oil when the tank is being filled. Otherwise anyposition of the tube 0 in the tank would serve the purpose. The

plug 12 is adapted to slide freely on stem 3 and serves to close theupper end of the tube C, as shown in Fig. 1.

In operation, having filled the barrel 2 with oil and withdrawn thethumb from the cap 18 on the npper'end of the valve-stem the valve 4closes and the barrel can be safely withdrawn without danger fromspilling or overflowing any portion of the oil, and it is then set inposition from the top of the stove or burner, as seen in Fig. 2, andwhen placed into position is depressed, as therein shown, and the oilliberated, as hereinbefore described.

What I elaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The burner having a central portion to serve as a rest for anoil-conveyor and a valverest beneath said support, in combination withthe oil-conveyor having a downwardlyopening valve to seat on said rest,substantially as described.

- 2. The oil-conveying barrel, a combined valve-stem and handleprojecting through the barrel at both ends and a valve at its lower endarranged to seat from the outside, and a spring about said stem andhandle bearing on the end of said barrel to close the valve,

in combination with the burner havinga rest

